Kuantan police corporal jailed nine months after Court of Appeal reinstates RM700 bribery conviction
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 21 — A corporal with the police force began serving a nine-month jail term yesterday after the Cour...
A Kuantan police corporal received a nine-month jail sentence on August 21 after the Court of Appeal reinstated his conviction for accepting a RM700 bribe to release a ketum water suspect. The three-judge panel upheld the original Sessions Court ruling that Mohamed Syaffiq Mohamed Sidek, 36, also pay a RM10,000 fine. Justice Noorin Badaruddin stated that Mohamed Syaffiq admitted receiving the bribe but failed to prove it wasn't for corruption.
The money was handed over outside the police station by the suspect's friend. Mohamed Syaffiq had previously been granted a stay of execution pending appeal.
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